Softball Thursday at Clearwater: FSU vs. Stanford, 4 p.m. on ESPNU

[Bob Ferrante]

Florida State (4-1) will face Stanford (3-2) on Thursday at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.

FSU scored 42 runs through five games this season. FSU’s 42 runs through five gameS are thethird-most to start a season under coach Lonni Alameda.

Thursday will be just the fifth meeting between FSU and Stanford. The series is tied at two games apiece with the teams last meeting in 2017.

FSU holds a 15-7 record at the invitational with 11 of those wins coming against ranked opponents. FSU is 8-2 at Clearwater in the past two seasons which included a perfect 5-0 record in Clearwater in 2022.

Last season, FSU defeated Arizona, Arkansas and Louisiana while dropping games against Alabama and UCLA by a combined three runs.

We'll have some updates in the thread below:

 

[Bob Ferrante]

FSU's game will start late. Prior game on that field is in extra innings

 

[summit2001]

Yup, just went to tune in, says 4:30 now.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty hits the first batter, Taryn Kern

Torres, at short, snares the liner from Koch

Kaneshiro lines out to Flaherty, who throws to 1B for the double play

0-0 middle 1st

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Kerr leads off with an opposite-field double

Mudge sac bunt, Kerr to third with one out

Harding pops out into foul ground, Kerr stays at 3B

Edenfield strikes out to end the inning. FSU misses a golden opportunity

0-0, end 1st

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty hits a batter and now a two-out single (hard-hit ball at Harding)

Stanford has runners at the corners

Royalty snags the ball and throws to first for the third out

0-0, middle 2nd

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Flaherty grounds out

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Wacaser smacks a double to CF

But she is erased on a double play as Torres lines back to the pitcher, Canady

End 2nd, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty issues a leadoff walk

She's been flirting with danger in each inning

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Kern works a walk. Two on with no out

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Now a hard-hit single up the middle to load the bases

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Ground ball at Flaherty, she throws home. Bases loaded, one down

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty gets a strikeout looking for out No. 2

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty gets the 6-3 groundout

Wow. She escapes without giving up a run

Middle 3rd, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Beachum singles to lead off the third

Ross strikes out swinging

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Kerr singles

Mudge strikes out, climbing the ladder

Harding flies out to CF

End 3rd, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty strikes out the leadoff batter

Clements singles to RF

Canady strikes out looking

Mahler singles, runners on corners

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Torres goes vertical and makes a Muffley-esque snare of the liner for the third out

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Edenfield lines out

Flaherty strikes out

Wacaser grounds out

End 4th, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Another look at the Torres web gem

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Royalty gets a pop out to start the inning

And then a groundout to Flaherty

And a third groundout, again to Flaherty

Middle 5th, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Torres infield single

Beachum walks

Potter strikes out

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Kerr sac fly scores the first run

1-0 FSU

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Mudge reaches on an E3

FSU 2-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Belviy is the PR, she steals second, third and scores on an error

3-0 FSU

 

[NoleLizards]

Stanford's first baseman is terrible. 😁

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Harding reaches on an error

Edenfield strikes out

End 5th, 3-0 FSU

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Danley in to pitch

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Jones walks
Houston grounds out
Clements grounds out
Canaday strikes out swinging

Middle 6th, 3-0 FSU

 

[NoleLizards]

Danley in to pitch

C'mon girl... throw strikes!

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Flaherty singles
Wacaser pops out
Torres grounds out

Flaherty to third on wild pitch, scores on wild pitch

4-0 FSU

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Beachum walks
Dack (PH) walks
Kerr grounds out

End 6th, 4-0 FSU

 

[NoleLizards]

See ya Canady

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Mahler leadoff single
Kern strikes out
Koch strikes out
Kaneshiro grounds out

FSU wins 4-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

 

[summit2001]

A great all-around game from the Noles.

 

[jerinole]

See ya Canady

After all the drooling the announcers were doing over Canady, I was really glad we hit off her. She's a good pitcher but she isn't God's gift to the game as they wanted her to seem.